Christian Fredrik Monsen

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Christian Fredrik Monsen (born 27 April 1878 in Oslo, died 31 January 1954) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and the Communist Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland counties in 1922, and was re-elected on six occasions. He represented the Labour Party, except for the term 1925–1927 when he represented the Communist Party. During his last term, 1945–1949, he was the President of the Storting.

He headed the Ministry of Defence during the short-lived cabinet Hornsrud in 1928 and twice (March 1935–November 1935 and August 1936–December 1939) during the cabinet Nygaardsvold. Unsusually for a Minister of Defence, Monsen was a pacifist and wrote three anti-militarist books (Sannheten om militærvesenet, Avvæbning eller militarisme and Militært vanvidd eller civil fornuft).

Monsen held various positions in Hamar city council from 1907 to 1945, serving as mayor in 1916–1919.

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• Christian Fredrik Monsen biography at Stortinget.no (Norwegian)

Preceded by Ingolf Elster Christensen	Norwegian Minister of Defence 1928	Succeeded by Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst
Preceded by Jens Isak de Lange Kobro	Norwegian Minister of Defence 1935	Succeeded by Oscar Torp
Preceded by Oscar Torp	Norwegian Minister of Defence 1936–1939	Succeeded by Birger Ljungberg
Preceded by Carl Joachim Hambro	President of the Storting 1945–1949	Succeeded by Gustav Natvig-Pedersen